Lust for Life (1956)

David Leonard: Camille Pissarro

Quotes 

• Camille Pissarro : It's the problem of translating light into the language of paint.

  [points up] 

  Camille Pissarro : Those leaves there: if they were the only thing in sight, they'd have one color - their own. But the shade and reflection of everything around - the sky, the earth, the water - give them more than their own color. That's why when you paint from nature, don't fix your eye on any one spot.

  [looks and motions all around] 

  Camille Pissarro : Take in everything at once. And above all, don't be timid. Trust your first impression.